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1. Turkey (Bird)
   The sudden outbreak of many cases among humans in Turkey might suggest the virus had in fact been circulating in birds for some time, suggests a WHO expert. Reports of H5N1 in turkeys in Turkey first emerged in October 2005. Given the known number of bird outbreaks, the 14 human cases since then appears disproportionately high, notes Klaus Stőhr, coordinator of WHO’s influenza programme. In east Asia, where there have been many bird outbreaks, there have been 142 human cases of H5N1 since 2003.
2. Nuri Bilge Ceylan -- Turkey Cinemascope
   Ceylan’s film is concerned with the immediate problems that the couple faces. It doesn’t take Freud to figure out that these two have emotional issues. Both Isa and Bahar are independent and pretty successful people — the same up-and-coming professional class on which Turkey prides itself. However, they are both emotionally immature. Isa is often self-centered and unfeeling towards the needs of his friends, parents and Bahar. Likewise, Bahar is prone to immaturity and strange outbursts of anger and sadness.
3. The Walt Disney Company -- Walt Disney Pictures
   The Walt Disney Studios is a unit of The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) and distributes motion pictures under Walt Disney Pictures -- which includes Walt Disney Feature Animation and DisneyToon Studios -- Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures and Miramax Films. Buena Vista International serves as the studio's international distribution arm. Buena Vista Home Entertainment and Buena Vista Home Entertainment International together distribute Disney and other film titles to the rental and sell-through home entertainment markets worldwide. Buena Vista Theatrical Productions is one of the largest producers of Broadway musicals, and the Buena Vista Music Group distributes original music and motion picture soundtracks under its four record labels: Walt Disney Records, Buena Vista Records, Hollywood Records and Lyric Street Records. SOURCE Becker Group Nora Capers of Becker Group, +1-404-239-0632, ncapers@beckergroup.com; Ryan Stankevich of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, +1-818-560-2219, Ryan.Stankevich@disney.com; Jonathan Bing of Walden Media, +1-323-866-6060, Jonathan.Bing@freud.com; Erin Barrier of GolinHarris, +1-213-438-8707, ebarrier@golinharris.com
4. Ancient Anatolia
   Ancient Anatolia or Asia Minor, the large peninsula where modern Turkey is located, consists of several regions. One of the most important was Cappadocia. Originally this region encompassed today’s provinces of Kirsehir, Nevsehir, Aksaray, Nigde, Kayseri, Malatya, the eastern part of Ankara, the southern parts of Yozgat and Sivas, and the northern part of Adana.
5. Rize -- Tea
   Rize is on the north side of the range of mountains that run along the Black Sea coast. Overlooking the sea this is the wettest corner of Turkey and Rize is the country's largest producer of tea. The province is mainly rural and very attractive with its mountain valleys and elevated yaylas (meadows). The district of Çamlıhemşin in particular is one of Turkey's most popular venues for trekking holidays. Within remote areas, roads are scarce and electrically powered cable cars are used to transport people and supplies into the mountains. As well as tea, nowadays kiwi fruit are grown here too.
6. Kurds -- Turkish Kurds
   The Kurds in Turkey (Kurdish: Kurdên li Tirkiye, Turkish: Türkiye'deki Kürtler) are an Indo-European people first mentioned in ancient Greek sources[1]. Based on these sources it is believed that Kurds are remnants of ancient Cordueni who established an ancient Kingdom near modern-day Diyarbekir in the first century BC. Cordueni were under the cultural and religious influence of Hurrian. Most Kurds live in Turkey, where their numbers are estimated somewhere between 11,400,000[2] and 15,000,000[3] people. Both figures include Zaza people as Kurds.[2] These figures are for the number of persons who identify as Kurds, not the number who speak a Kurdish language, since many self-identified Kurds speak only Turkish.[4] Estimations based on mother tongue data leads various estimations of Kurdish population in Turkey ranging from 6% to 23%, Ibrahim Sirkeci claims the closest figure should be above 17.8% taking into account political context and as a result the potential bias in responses recorded in surveys and censuses.[5] [6]
7. Gerald Ford -- Vietnam War
   Ford ... clashed with Congress on foreign policy. Congress denied Ford's attempts to send increased military aid to Cambodia and Vietnam. (Ford subsequently blamed Congress for the fall of the regime in South Vietnam.) Congress also refused Ford's request for more substantial aid to the pro-western forces in Angola. Against Ford's wishes it also imposed an arms embargo on Turkey.
8. Euphrates River
   Turkey and Syria, mainly over the waters of the Euphrates River, are in a serious escalation of hostilities, which could lead to an all-out conflict between the two nations. Turkey, with the completion of the GAP project, plans to fully utilize its share of the Euphrates river, which is the only reliable source of running water for Syria. Syria needs the waters of the Euphrates river to continue its irrigation programs and to keep the water levels high in the Assad Lake in order to sustain the hydroelectric production. Political status regarding this situation deteriorated rapidly during the 1980s, when Turkey finalized its plans for the GAP and began constructing it. Syria, worried about becoming totally dependent on Turkish control of the river, engaged in certain activities that targeted to create instability in Turkey.[30] Among those was supporting the PKK in its campaign against the Turkish government. As a response, Turkey decided to use the water issue as a bargaining point against Hafez Assad, which eventually backfired. The Syrian support of the PKK continued and Turkey acknowledged a deal with Syria, which promised a 500m3/s water to Syria in exchange of an end to Syrian support of the PKK.[31] Unfortunately, Assad one more time proved to be unreliable and the relations between the two countries deteriorated at a constant pace.
9. Hittites -- Central Anatolia
   The Hittites arrived in Anatolia towards the second millenium BC. They absorbed much of the Babylonian civilization and long enjoyed a monopoly of iron Asia. This, combined with the use of the chariot, gave the Hittites a military superiority over Egypt and other Mesopotamian states. The victorious raid against Babylon in 1590 BC was the climax of the first Hittite empire, followed by a period of decline. Then, in the first half of the fourteenth century, came a revival of power. This second era saw a Hittite hegemony stretching from the shores of the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf.
10. News Corporation -- World
    BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Mobile arm of News Corporation, Jamster, today announced the appointment of Philippa Dworkin as vice president of global communications for Jamster. Dworkin will be responsible for corporate communications and the global press office. She will oversee the strategic positioning of Jamster's corporate and external message, the development of media relations programs and general communications operations worldwide. Dworkin will report to Lucy Hood, CEO of Jamster. She will be based in the Los Angeles.

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